How corporate lunch catering with Dana Prime works
Setting up daily or weekly office lunches should not take weeks of back and forth. Dana Prime works with office managers, HR and admin leads across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah through three straightforward steps, from first enquiry to the first lunch on site.
- Brief: Send your headcount, office location, preferred lunch days or daily schedule, and any dietary patterns in your team via WhatsApp, call or the enquiry form. We ask about serving style - boxed, buffet or plated - and whether you need crockery and serving staff or drop-off only.
- Tasting: Before any booking is confirmed, we arrange a free tasting so you and your colleagues can try the actual dishes proposed for your rotation. This is where allergen questions, spice levels and portion sizes get settled, and where we quote after the tasting based on your final brief.
- Delivery: Once confirmed, we agree a delivery window that suits your office hours - commonly a mid-morning or pre-lunch slot - and our own delivery, setup and serving team handles the rest, from unloading to laying out the meal and collecting equipment afterwards.
For long-term catering or ongoing service, we build a rolling menu plan so lunches vary through the week rather than repeating the same dishes. Offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai typically start with a two-week trial rotation before settling into monthly supply, while Sharjah offices often prefer a shorter weekly cycle to start. Either way, the brief-tasting-delivery sequence stays the same, and nothing is locked in until you have tasted the food.
Because our kitchens are based at Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II), we plan delivery routes across the three emirates in advance, so lunch times stay consistent even when your headcount changes week to week. If your numbers fluctuate - visitors, meeting days, part-time staff - tell us at the brief stage and we will build flexibility into the order rather than fixing a rigid count.
Vegetarian, vegan and allergen handling
Most offices have a mix of dietary needs across the team, and a workable lunch service has to account for that from the brief stage, not as an afterthought on delivery day. Dana Prime asks for dietary information as part of the initial headcount so vegetarian, vegan and allergen-aware options are built into the rotation rather than added as a last-minute substitution.
- Vegetarian and vegan: Dishes such as chana masala, vegetable moussaka, mushroom risotto and grilled halloumi skewers can be included as standing options in every rotation, not just on request.
- Allergen awareness: Tell us at the brief stage about nut, dairy, gluten or shellfish sensitivities among your colleagues. We flag ingredients per dish so your team can self-select safely, and we can hold specific dishes back from a rotation entirely if needed.
- Per-head requests: For offices with a documented list of individual dietary needs, we log these against headcount so recurring orders automatically include the right substitutions each time, without your team needing to re-confirm every week.
This matters more for daily and weekly office catering than for one-off events, because the same colleagues are eating from the rotation repeatedly. Getting the dietary map right early avoids repeated substitutions, wasted portions, or a colleague going without a suitable option on a busy day.
Our kitchens work to ISO 22000 and HACCP standards, which includes controls around cross-contact and ingredient traceability - useful context if your office has one or more colleagues with a diagnosed allergy rather than a general preference. We are happy to talk through specific cases on a call or via WhatsApp before the tasting, so any adjustments are already reflected in the dishes you try.
If your dietary mix changes - a new starter with a nut allergy, more colleagues going vegetarian - just update us and we will revise the standing rotation from the next delivery, at no disruption to the rest of the office.
Delivery windows, setup and collection
Office lunches depend on food arriving on time and being ready to serve with minimal disruption to the working day. Dana Prime's own delivery, setup and serving team - not a third-party courier - handles every stage from kitchen to your pantry or meeting space, across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and the wider UAE.
- Delivery windows: Agreed at the brief stage to match your office's lunch schedule, typically a defined slot ahead of service so food arrives hot and on time whether you are in central Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Sharjah.
- Setup: For buffet-style lunches, our team lays out chafing dishes, salads and desserts, and can leave serving staff on site through the lunch period for larger headcounts or executive floors.
- Boxed or drop-off: For smaller teams or simpler daily lunches, food arrives pre-portioned and ready to distribute without any setup required.
- Collection: Equipment, chafing dishes and serving ware are collected after service, so your office pantry is not left managing catering equipment between deliveries.
Because our kitchens operate from Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II), routes to Dubai and Sharjah offices are planned with buffer time built in, so traffic on any given day does not put your lunch slot at risk. If your office has building-specific requirements - loading dock access, service lift booking, security registration for delivery staff - flag these at the brief stage and we will factor them into the delivery plan.
For recurring daily or weekly orders, the same delivery window and team composition repeats each time unless you tell us your headcount or schedule has changed, which keeps the service predictable for reception and facilities staff who need to expect the delivery. Ad hoc changes - a public holiday, an unexpected half-day - can be communicated via WhatsApp with as much notice as you can manage, and we will adjust the next delivery accordingly.
Why offices across the UAE choose Dana Prime
Office managers choosing a lunch catering supplier are typically balancing reliability, food quality and how much ongoing management the arrangement will need. Dana Prime has supplied daily meals since 1998, and today cooks more than 7,000 meals a day from purpose-built kitchens at Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II), serving 22 client organisations across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and the wider UAE.
- Own kitchens and delivery team: Food is prepared and delivered by our own staff rather than subcontracted at any stage, which keeps quality and timing consistent across daily and weekly orders.
- Capacity for growth: Cooking over 7,000 meals daily means Dana Prime can scale a rotation up or down as your headcount changes, without renegotiating the entire arrangement.
- Certified kitchens: ISO 22000 and HACCP certification cover food safety management and hygiene control, relevant for any office documenting supplier standards for internal procurement or facilities records.
- A free tasting before booking: Every corporate lunch arrangement starts with a tasting, so your office can confirm the food works for your team before any ongoing service is agreed.
- Rated 4.6 stars on Google: Reflecting feedback from existing client organisations across the three emirates we serve.
Because we manage the full chain - kitchen, delivery, setup and collection - office managers dealing with us have one point of contact for the whole lunch arrangement rather than juggling separate vendors for food, delivery and service staff. If you would like to speak to an existing client organisation about their experience before committing to monthly supply, ask us during the tasting and we will share suitable references relevant to your office size and location.
